REVIEWS

What does the dream classical music career look like? One example is that of cellist Deborah Pae.

— Cleveland Classical

The talent here is quite breathtaking. Deborah Pae in the Second [Saint-Saens Concerto]...gives any of the recordings already in the catalogue a good run for their money.

— Gramophone Magazine

When wonderful music is wonderfully presented, with some genuinely innovative approaches to the works and methods of performing them, the pleasures of listening to recordings are doubled and redoubled. [Deborah Pae’s] superb tone, judicious and carefully chosen phrasing, and a high level of interpretative intelligence are the hallmarks...Listening to [her] performwith tremendous technical assurance and a maturity and understanding well beyond [her] years is a source of unceasing delight throughout this recording.

— Transcentury Blog

...the most poignant moment in Sunday’s program was cellist [Deborah] Pae’s entrance in the Adagio. It was sublime.

— Times Argus

Pae’s resonant cello solos in both the Liang and Wilson works displayed a sophisticated technique...

The performance of the Mozart viola quintet by Kim Kashkashian with Miriam Fried, Deborah Pae, Dimitri Murrath, and Lucy Chapman was unlike any with which I was familiar....In particular, the sublime humor of Mozart’s work was palpable in the initial Allegro di molto and concluding Finale: Allegretto, as the ensemble exchanged knowing glances in their vivid performances...the ensemble colored the work with a novel vitality.